Impeachment: an excellent way to drive Bush's approval ratings up [View All]

The Bush gang is easily the most impeachable administration ever. There's no debate about that.

And in an ideal world, impeachment is the right thing. There's no debate there, either.

But would impeaching Bush, or Bush and Cheney, help or hurt the Democrats? Would it help or hurt the country?

I'm guessing it would hurt both party and country, by making the malefactors look sympathetic. Instead of watching Bush and Cheney destroy America and the world, we would be watching the big bad Dems ganging up on them.

It all comes down to the extreme right-wing bias of the media, all the way up to the New York Times. The corporate news media are the most powerful tool the Republicans have left. They can spin any story their way, and utterly drown the truth in disinformation. For some reason, people still watch this propaganda. So the press--a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Right--will impress its version of reality on a huge portion of the populace.

Gross!

Far from airing the Bush gang's crimes, as we all would hope, the media would paint a picture of a lone leader under seige, struggling to protect the country from Islamofascists while the Dems play politics, etc.

That would be the meme, and we would hear it over and over. I'm quite sure it would give a boost to the approval ratings of the Worst President Ever™.

If the impeachment should fail, the Republicans would crow about it as a vindication till Hell freezes over. It would be a tremendous boost to Republicans in future elections.

And if a domestic terror attack occurred during all these proceedings, the Republicans could well be back in the catbird seat, back on course to bomb Iran, confer more powers on Dubya, game the electoral system, and destroy all known human rights.